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New cases of coronavirus are declining, less than 9% of tests are positive

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3404 antigen tests were performed for the day, 287 were positive, ie. 8.43% positive samples. For comparison, in the previous report there were 5504 antigen tests, of which 316 were positive, ie. 5.74%. PCR tests are 659, positive of which are 75, ie. 11.38 percent. On Saturday, this type of tests were 1881, and positive of them – 388, ie. 20.62 percent.

40 of the newly infected in the last 24 hours are children, which makes 11.05% of all new cases. By age groups they are: 0-1 years – 8 cases, 2-5 years – 6 cases, 6-9 years – 7 cases, 10 – 14 years – 9 cases, 15 – 19 years – 10 cases.

Total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria exceeded one million and alreadyand are 1,133,464. 3 611 155 PCR and 5 938 508 antigen tests were performed (a total of 9,549,663)as the average percentage of positive samples since the beginning of the pandemic is 11.86 percent – a decrease of 0.01% on a daily basis.

The number of active cases is decreasing and is now 189,352, which is 70 less than in the previous report. However, there is a slight increase in the number of hospitalized people, as they are 2059, which is 14 more (54 were admitted to hospital, 40 were discharged). There are 242 patients admitted to intensive care units – 1 more on a daily basis. Exactly the occupancy of intensive care beds is one of the main criteria to tighten the measures in our country, and not, as before, the number of infected people or active cases.

In this regard, the Single Information Portal already provides data on the occupancy of the intensive care beds in the five clusters. To date, the whole country is already in Stage 1, with Region 3 (Varna, Dobrich, Silistra, Razgrad, Shumen and Targovishte) also joining the others in the green zone. Precisely because of the reduction of the workload in the intensive sectors, from March 21 the green certificate was dropped completely. On Friday it became clear that the ruling coalition cancels the emergency epidemic situationbut the right of the health authorities to introduce basic anti-epidemic measures is preserved.

424 people have recovered and their total number is already 907 675. 8 people died, which is 4 more than on Saturday, when there were 4 victims. Thus, the total number of those who lost the battle with the virus in Bulgaria is already 36,437.

A total of 23,976 medical personnel are among the official cases of coronavirus, ie. growth by 2 on a daily basis. 18,903 people are under quarantine, it is noteworthy that they are 170 449 less than the currently active cases. Information on the number of people quarantined due to COVID-19 is available herealthough according to the health ministry, it is not public.

The Ministry of Health has already provided data on the proportion of those infected, hospitalized and deceased who have not been fully vaccinated. During the last 24 hours, 68.23 percent of those who tested positive were not immunized. 85.19% of those admitted to hospital are also unvaccinated. 100% from the deceased are not vaccinated.

300.22 is the 14-day morbidity per 100,000 people compared to 302.55 in yesterday’s report. 134.14 is the 7-day morbidity per 100,000 people compared to 135.73 in yesterday’s report. An average of 22 people have died in the last 7 days.

The single information portal also provides data on the doses of vaccines administered, and so far they are a total of 4,345,164. According to the latest report, 2,049,302 people or 31.52 percent have completed the immunization cycle – two mRNA doses or one from Jansen. The strange thing is that this number decreased between March 20 and 21 by about 9,000 people.

The number of vaccines also includes 507 748 of “Jansen” or 17 per day, as it is administered in one dose only. For the last 24 hours there are only 201 vaccines given. 718,316 people or 11.05 percent also received a booster dose, and most of them – 181,665 are in the capital.

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Most cases were found again in Sofia-city – 120, followed by Varna with 44. Smolyan is the only district in which there are no new infected for the day.

Balkans

A total of 14,800,677 cases of coronavirus have already been confirmed in Turkey, with 11,194 new infected. 14,456,857 have recovered – 15,402 new ones. 97,800 people died, with 64 victims a day. New cases were detected in 251,242 tests, which means that 4.45 percent of the samples were positive.

Greece it is already second in the Balkans in the number of infected after overtaking Greece. 13,429 cases of coronavirus were reported per day, and 52 people died after infection. Thus, there are a total of 2,930,321 cases of infection and 27,268 victims in the country. New cases were detected in 227,168 tests, which means that 5.91 percent of the samples were positive. Greece also presents data on healed patients. So far, they are 2,657,700, with 26,564 new ones.

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Romania is in third place in the Balkans in the number of cases – 2,840,788. Of these, 2,606,660 people have recovered so far, and again there are no new data. The victims of the virus are a total of 64,905, with 10 deaths in the last 24 hours. The new cases are 1939. They were detected in 17,908 PCR and antigen tests. This means that 10.82 percent of the samples are positive.

IN Serbia there are officially 1,969,044 cases, which means that there are 1,273 new cases per day. 1,917,068 have recovered, with 2,368 new ones. 15,758 patients died, with 12 victims per day. 8110 tests were performed, which makes the infectivity 15.69 percent. The situation in our western neighbors escalated with protests in early July 2020, and at that time there were serious doubts as to whether official statistics were true, after Serbian President Alexander Vucic explained that there were 4,000 people with COVID-19 in Belgrade alone. in the hospitals that were overcrowded, and according to official statistics the active cases were a little over 3,000 when Vucic spoke, which does not mean the cases in the hospital! According to official data, there are now 709 people in hospital, and 38 of them are on respiratory treatment.

Croatia reached the number of 1,094,059 infected. Of these, 1,068,334 have recovered – 1,753 new and 15,520 have died, with 11 new victims. 961 new cases were reported in 4068 tests. Thus, the infectivity in the country is 23.62 percent. The active cases are 10,205, after the highest restriction of the infection there were only 7 active patients.

Bosnia and Herzegovina reported 374,810 infected, with no new data. So far, the total number of victims is 15,702. The data on the recovered are again unchanged – 192,218 people.

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IN Northern Macedonia 305,066 are infected, with 188 new infected. A total of 293,819 people have recovered – 119 new ones. So far, 9,206 patients have died, or 3 a day. The new cases were found in 2245 tests, which means that 8.37 percent of the samples were positive.

IN Albania the confirmed cases are already 273,432, with 45 new ones. 269,425 patients have recovered so far – 26 new, and 3,491 people have died, with no new victims around the clock. The new cases were detected in 646 tests, which means that the infectivity is 6.96 percent.

Montenegro reported 232,777 infected, with 50 new infected. So far, 2,698 people have been killed and no one has died. 229,422 patients have recovered, and there are 75 new ones.

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